Italy Down Under

The confusion gets worse in countries where the dominant cultural bloc is a foreign culture, like in NZ, Australia , the Americas, etc., so we get “Native American” cuisine (as a distinct category from “American” cuisine), for example. … The United States is rife with people who say, “I’m Italian.” Yet they don’t know what “Buona Sera” or “Tutto Bene” means. Spaghetti and meatballs is a direct result. It’s not really Italian food . [...]